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House rejects budget bill;
Budget compromise players chosen

House rejects budget bill;
Budget compromise players chosen

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- State Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, left, Sam Jones, D-Franklin, center, and Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, on the Louisiana House floor prior to sending the state budget to a conference committee to work out differences with the state Senate.